Three Samoan Villagers help Hōkūle’a
Tapusoa Tumu Purcell, one of three Samoans sent to help finish the Hokulea sailing canoe, was skilled not only in carving, but in other traditional Samoan building arts as well.
Tapusoa Tumu Purcell, one of three Samoans sent to help finish the Hokulea sailing canoe, was skilled not only in carving, but in other traditional Samoan building arts as well.
Cy Bridges and the women of the Polynesian Cultural Center’s hula hālau, Hui Ho’oulu Aloha, backstage at the 1984 Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo.
Cy Bridges and the women of the Polynesian Cultural Center’s hula hālau, Hui Ho’oulu Aloha, backstage at the 1984 Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo.
B.J. Fuller was one of the original Polynesian Cultural Center cashiers. She also sang at many PCC functions over the next several decades.
Church College of Hawaii faculty member Wylie Swapp was involved with early phases of the Polynesian Cultural Center.
Church engineer George Aposhian Jr. took this picture of traditional Samoan fale in Pavai’ai’i, American Samoa, in 1962 to prepare for building similar structures at the “Polynesian Village” site in Laie. (The name “Polynesian Cultural Center” had not been adopted yet.)
From tour guide to tram driver, Pōuli Magalei Sr.’s nearly 50-year journey with the Polynesian Cultural Center was filled with so much hear, history and testimony.
Susana Magalei-Wong grew up in Laie and worked at the Center as a girl but moved to Honolulu in 1975 and recently retired from Hawaiian Airlines.
Shirley Dela Rosa grew up in Laie and worked at the Center as a teenager but later moved to American Samoa where she still lives today.
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